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File 3939/1926 Pt 1 'PUBLICATIONS: REVISION OF AITCHISON'S TREATIES' [98r] (189/206)
The record is made up of 1 item (102 folios). It was created in 12 Aug 1926-6 Dec 1934. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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The Deputy Secretary to the (jovernjient of India
in the Foreign and Political Department
To
The Secretary to the
Government of Bombay
From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions.
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ENCLOSURE IN
INDIA FGREtGN S EGRET A P.
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Political Department
Dated Simla,the 26th October 1926*
Revision of Aitchison f s Treaties*
Sir
I am directed to inform you that the Government of India
have decided on a revision of Aitchison’s Treaties. As this
will entail additions to the Narrative portions of the Volumes,
I am to request that, with the consent of the Governor in
Council, the Government of India may be furnished with a
revised narrative, embodying an account of the principal events
relating to Aden and the South Coast of Arabia since the last
edition of the work was published in 1909*
2 . I am further to request that full references may be
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given, in the margin of your draft narrative to the
correspondence on which it is based*
'he narrative portion of Aitchison ! s Treaties has
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hitherto borne the character merely of a convenient historical
resume of the course of events illustrative ox the texts of
the treaties and engagements in the territories concerned, and
the Government of India desire that this character should be
maintained in the new edition and that comments and opinions
should be excluded*
4* For convenience of reference I am to enclose a list
showing relevant treaties, engagements, etc* that have oeen
recorded in the Foreign and Political Department since the
last
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This part concerns the Government of India's decision to issue a revised edition of Aitchison's Treaties (full title: A Collection of Treaties, Engagements and Sanads Relating to India and Neighbouring Countries ). Since the new edition requires additions to the narrative portions of its multiple volumes, the Government of India's Foreign and Political Department requests revised narratives for each geographical area covered, in order to incorporate the principal events that have occurred since the publication of the previous edition in 1909.
The correspondence consists of interdepartmental discussion covering the following: what should and should not be included in the revised edition; the decision to publish each volume of the revised edition as it is completed; a request from the Foreign Office to receive copies of the proofs of revised volumes; arrangements for the distribution among departments of the completed volumes of the new edition.
Sections discussed include those on the following: Siam [Thailand]; Aden and the south coast of Arabia; Persia [Iran]; Afghanistan; Somaliland and Shoa [Shewa]; Zanzibar. Also mentioned are those on Kashgar, Tibet, Nepal and Bhutan.
In addition, the correspondence discusses the Government of India's proposal to remove from the new edition those sections relating to Irak [Iraq], Zanzibar, Somaliland, Shoa, Ceylon [Sri Lanka], and Eastern Archipelago, on the grounds that they are no longer of direct interest to India, and that the cost of printing them would therefore not be justifiable.
Notable correspondents include the following: the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India; officials of the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. , the Foreign Office, the Colonial Office, and the Government of India's Foreign and Political Department.
In addition to correspondence, the part includes extracts from the proceedings of the Government of India's Standing Finance Committee (f 65 and f 102), and a copy of a list of the projected volumes (fourteen in total) and the areas that they cover (f 64).
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